History TakeThat / WebAnimation

** ''Website/YouTube'' mocks people who make comments about the like/dislike bar, comments that say "Thumbs up if [X] brought you here", users that upload certain types of videos, [=YouTube=]'s design and copyright system, more specific people (i.e. the ''WebAnimation/PonyDotMov'' series and LetsPlay/PewDiePie), and [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} other less important fandoms]].

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': In "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E4CHERUB C.H.E.R.U.B]]", when I.M.P exposes a MallSanta as a creep to prove a point to their target and three cherubs, his shirt reads "#Film/{{Cuties}}" on top of having an already unflattering design.

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': When I.M.P exposes a MallSanta as a creep to prove a point to their target and three cherubs, his shirt reads "#Film/{{Cuties}}" on top of having an already unflattering design.

** "Comic Book Movie" (a bonus e-mail from one of the Strong Bad Email compilation [=DVDs=]) is a downright vitriolic jab at AdaptationDecay in superhero movies, especially inspired by the original trilogy from Fox's ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. Strong Bad mercilessly riffs on [[WTHCastingAgency unsuitable casting choices]], [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack uninspired costumes]], and [[SpecialEffectFailure abuse of cheap CGI]] as applied to a hypothetical movie about Strong Badman.

** A story where parents forced their [[TheUnfavorite Unfavorite daughter]] to marry an overweight, unattractive man in exchange for money to pay of their debt is titled "My toxic parents made me marry an ugly Discord mod but…"

* ''WebAnimation/TheNekciMenijShow'' is ruthless with its Take Thats towards every female currently working in the pop music industry. Music/{{Madonna}}, Christina Aguilera, and Music/KatyPerry are thrown under the bus (literally in Katy's case) for their ShamelessSelfPromotion; Jessie J is repeatedly insinuated to have broken her leg to boost album sales; Nicki Minaj is turned into an insane agent of chaos/rapper-for-hire; and Beyonce's ego is implied to be through the roof. Even relatively unknown acts are taken to task; Marina of Marina and the Diamonds has this to say about her music:

** In "[[Recap/MinilifeTVSeason1Episode4 How to Cook a VAMPIRE!]]", Chris uses the [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]]-esque vampire that Ian made as a prime example of how not to make a vampire.

--->"I'm a critic. I criticize things. It's my job. If I put balls in my mouth for a living, I'd be a prostitute... or a Gamespot employee."

** It contains numerous take that's aimed against the producers of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' for their retcons and some more questionable decisions. All while loving the game's world, [[UnpleasableFanbase but that's how W40K fans roll.]]

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* The credits sequence of ''WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom'' shows Rainbow Dash and Buttercup playing what appears to be a parody of ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic''. This can be seen as a Take That at the Mane 6 Dev Team: "Oh, your game got shut down for being too popular? Well, guess what: we did an animation and got away with it!"
* An ''Ebolaworld'' cartoon had Taco-Man beating up a dead hacker. At one point, he says, "AndThisIsFor WebAnimation/HomestarRunner's popularity!". In his first e-mail, people accused him of ripping off Strong Bad e-mails. In another e-mail, people are given instructions on how to write to Taco-Man. One of the wrong ways to write his name was to write "Strong Bad". Taco-Man was actually referenced in a WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Halloween cartoon.

* A ''Flashgitzanimation'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zSxQnZ3TM8 video]] which mocks Creator/GamesWorkshop, for their overpriced miniatures and their over obsession to Space Marines.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Underpants}}'': When the monsters [[spoiler:see the surface, they see war, disasters, pollution, UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fandom.]]

** He also had a not-too-terribly subtle jab at Gamespot in his video response to the SSBB fandom backlash, regarding their [[EightPointEight firing a reviewer for giving "Kane & Lynch" a bad score]]:

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7PR3PmcWxQ Ross Scott's promo]] for the Machinima Website [[http://gorillagong.com/ Gorilla Gong]], he states the site has hundreds of videos, and more ''good'' Machinima than anywhere else. It's most likely a swipe toward {{Creator/Machinima}}, which had, at the time, numerous [[SturgeonsLaw quality control]] issues, was [[NetworkDecay phasing out]] Machinima when not outright [[ExecutiveMeddling meddling]] with the creators' work, and also screwed Ross Scott out of his money due to legal and contract disputes while making ''Machinima/FreemansMind''.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Ever since its beginning, the series has been chock-full to the brim and beyond with Take Thats, especially in its [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA videos]]. One such case was

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Ever since its beginning, the series has been chock-full to the brim and beyond with Take Thats, especially in its [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA videos]].

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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrKoFuk2_U4 The Blame Game]]" operates as commentary on modern reaction culture, showing how various types of groups and people that react to a tragedy (in this case a public massacre at a shopping mall) in an attempt to politicize it, including news-networks, online bloggers, hipsters, [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad SJWs]] (including a StrawFeminist), a redneck, various elderly people blaming video-games/movies/music/oil-paintings/stone-carvings, anti-secularists, racists,[[note]]of both Caucasian and African-American ethnicity[[/note]] conspiracy theorists,[[note]]Alex Jones especially[[/note]] a StrawMisogynist, pro and anti-gun control advocates and general new-watchers.

* The ''WebAnimation/WelcomeTo'' series is almost ''entirely' made of Take Thats to certain people who use the site. In order:

** The [=SBEmail=] "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE203Independent independent]]" pokes fun at both LeFilmArtistique and trendy "indie" movies like ''Film/{{Juno}}'' and ''Film/SynecdocheNewYork''.

** In "[[Recap/MinilifeTVSeason4Episode8 Snowball's Encounter]]", Todd claims that he's helping his sister, Genevieve, get a job as a news reporter so she could help him get a new job and he could stop writing boring articles for Mega Blok Magazine.

* ''Machinima/RedvsBlue'': Ever since its beginning, the series has been chock-full to the brim and beyond with Take Thats, especially in its [[PublicServiceAnnouncement PSA videos]].